Coming out on top is Carol, receiving nine nominations including Best Film, Best Director (Todd Haynes) and Best Leading Actress (Cate Blanchett). UK production company Number 9 Films received a grant for the project in 2012.

Brooklyn received six nominations including Best Film and Outstanding British Film, as well as Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Julie Waters). The UK’s Wildgaze Films received development funding for Brooklyn in 2012.

The Lobster, which has been nominated for Outstanding British Film, was supported through Slate funding awarded to Irish production company Element Pictures in 2012.

Seven of the eight nominated titles - 45 Years, Amy, Brooklyn, The Lobster and Shaun the Sheep - received support through the Distribution: Automatic scheme for their releases outside of the UK.